Trampette and Tumble competition

October 12, 2023/in Whole School/by Chrissy Dicks

Congratulations to all the students who competed in the Trampette and Tumble competition on Thursday 5th October at SAADI gymnastics club in Redbourn.

We had 24 KWS students take part and all completed excellent routines and should be very proud of their performance.

Special mention to the following students who medalled on the day: Ethel M, Sophie D, Rose S, George R, Joshua P, Riley W, Jude D, Jess H, Will E and Eden A.

The trampoline squad will now be practising for the first round of the National Schools trampoline competition on Sunday 19th November.

Miss Moxham

Library Update

October 12, 2023/in Whole School/by Chrissy Dicks

As always, the library has been very busy recently and it’s been wonderful to see how many books are being borrowed, read and enjoyed.

Last week, we had library lessons with all our Year 7 students, helping them to choose which free book they would like from our BookBuzz scheme, which is run in conjunction with the Book Trust. There is a wide range of books to choose from and it was really great to see how interested they all were in the books. They have made their choices and their new books will be coming home with them at the end of the term.

We have also been running library lessons this week for our Year 8s and have introduced them to their reading challenge. We are asking them to read a book from five different categories but there are also prizes available for those students who read five books from a category, and who complete a number of different categories. Reading regularly is proven to be great for both school work and mental health, so please do encourage them to take part.

Coming up next week, we have library lessons for our Year 9s and, in celebration of Black History Month, a lunchtime listening party based on Musical Truth, a book by Jeffrey Boakye – we can’t wait!

Foodbank collection

October 12, 2023/in Whole School/by Chrissy Dicks

A massive thank you to everyone who contributed to our collection of food for the St Albans and Harpenden Food Bank. The response was overwhelming and thoroughly appreciated. In challenging times communities come together to provide help and support.

Motorsport engineering

October 12, 2023/in Whole School/by Chrissy Dicks

A big thank you to Ollie from Pitlane Development who delivered a remote session with a group of year 9-11 students. The talk was informative and students had the opportunity to ask questions. Students looked at the qualifications required to get into Engineering. They looked at websites and places they can utilise and apply for jobs once qualified. Students were given tips and advice on making the most of the resources available to them.

As a year 11 student trying to find out what i would like to pursue as a career in the possible future we were given the opportunity to have a virtual session with a company called pitlane development.

Through this session we learned the different routes you could take to get into the motorsport industry, what qualifications you need and the different types of engineers and mechanics every motorsport team is made up of.

Personally overall the session was interesting but very useful. Getting to hear from someone who has had years experience in the industry really helped me understand what skills you need for job roles like this as well as the various different routes to getting into the sport – Cassandra K

Miss Fatima